Wapen Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Wapen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 247 | 1:33,011 | 3,847 |
| Philippines | 79 | 1:1,281,496 | 97,319 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
Wapen (61) may also be a first name.
Wapen Demographics
Average Wapen Salary in
United States
$27,347 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wapen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapen is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wapen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapen? popularity and diffusion
Wapen is the 785,023rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname Wapen is predominantly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Wapen live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous first name globally It is held by 61 people.
The last name Wapen is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 33,011. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 63 percent live, New Ireland, where 9 percent live and Western Highlands, where 7 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Wapen Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wapen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 36.62% less than the national average, earning $27,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 62.53% more than the national average, earning $80,751 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waipen | 91 | 61 | / |
| Waepen | 91 | 13 | / |
| Wappen | 91 | 10 | / |
| Wapien | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weapen | 91 | 0 | / |
| Waipien | 83 | 6 | / |
| Waippen | 83 | 5 | / |
| Waypene | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wapin | 80 | 307 | / |
| Bapen | 80 | 55 | / |
| Wopen | 80 | 16 | / |
| Vapen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wapne | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wapem | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wepen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waphn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woopen | 73 | 64 | / |
| Vaupen | 73 | 58 | / |
| Weppen | 73 | 27 | / |
| Huapen | 73 | 17 | / |
| Waipin | 73 | 14 | / |
| Weipen | 73 | 6 | / |
| Woppen | 73 | 6 | / |
| Vapien | 73 | 5 | / |
| Baapen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bappen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vapoen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baypen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baipen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whepen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wadpin | 73 | 0 | / |
| Beapen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bapn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wopn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huapeng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weaping | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wepn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whappin | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wapen
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